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Fibreglass from boats found in marine food chain for first time

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Tiny fragments of glass fibre widely used to make small boats around the world have been found in the marine food chain for the first time.

Scientists at the universities of Portsmouth and Brighton found the glass shards, just a fraction of a millimetre long, in shellfish caught off the south coast of England.

Professor Faye Couceiro, lead researcher and an expert in environmental pollution, told Sky News more research was urgently needed to understand the risk to people who consume oysters and mussels.

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